Richelle "Rich" Gordon

Reflections: Six months since retirement, two years since coming out Happy New Year, friends!! After coming out as transgender -- exactly two years ago -- I decided that I wanted to do what I could to demystify the trans experience for the many good people in my life w...

Reflections on the second anniversary of coming out as transgender. www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflec...

This is a very insightful take on the right-wing media ecosystem …

I would submit that satisfied with “insurance“ is not the same as satisfied with “insurance company.”

Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights The first trans person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from her new colleagues in the House.

This interview with Sarah McBride is amazing - I learned so much about her and why she is the perfect person to be the first transgender member of Congress. What an inspiration she is — *especially* to good people who aren’t trans! www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Trans Ban Could Cost $18 Billion, According To Trans Military Organization A potential trans military ban could cost the United States $18 billion in accumulated operational investment, with $1 billion in initial replacement costs.

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I think a lot of US election commentary effectively Red Waved itself--basing analysis on immediate outcome rather than a review of Trump's 1.6% margin and failure to break 50%.

The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s

Finally someone (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of course) is articulating a coherent Democratic response to the Republican obsession with bathrooms and gender. Would that Kamala had done the same… www.instagram.com/p/DCpmiIOyP6...

Well, tbh, I know this because ... Threads algorithm.

This is also true of Threads.

Not allowing trans girls and women to compete against cis females in sports might seem like a reasonable idea - but @erininthemorning.bsky.social (as usual) explains clearly, and with facts, why it is not. www.instagram.com/reel/DCiOnqW...

Terrified as I am (as a trans person), this is a good reminderof my privilege: “All the things that White people fear, Black people, Indigenous folks, migrants have been facing for centuries.”

I am thrilled to introduce the newest class of great students in the MSJ specialization in Media Innovation & Content Strategy at Northwestern University's Medill School. They are almost halfway through their one-year degree program and are already doing impactful work.

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Welcome!!

Yes indeed! Thanks for the welcome. Have you tried any of the other Twitter alternatives?